Diving to locate mistasiny on CBC’s As It Happens

Though blown up and sitting under 21m of water in Lake Diefenbaker, Mastaseni is still considered to be sacred (Photo:THE DIVING CENTER, SASKATO”ON)

“For hundreds of years, the site – a giant boulder known in Cree as mistasiniy marked a sacred meeting place in southern Saskatchewan. In 1966, government works blew it up. It stood in the path of a man-made lake that was to be created by a dam.

This isn’t just a piece of history. This site still is consecrated ground.”